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Occupy Wins Home For Vet, Fights for Home in North Minneapolis
Occupy Activist Ben Egerman is arrested outside US Bank. Click photo to watch video of story.The Occupy Homes movement is celebrating ex-Marine Bobby Hull’s successfully renegotiated mortgage in South...
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Urban Homeworks: Fighting Foreclosures in North Minneapolis
Click photo to watch how Urban Homeworks is helping homeowners in north MinneapolisIt’s no secret that North Minneapolis has the highest rate of foreclosures in the city of Minneapolis. Urban...
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Foreclosure Moratorium Not On MN GOP Agenda
Click photo to hear why DFLers Paul Thissen and Tom Bakk are upset about Republican inaction.Minnesota House Speaker Kurt Zellers says any state foreclosure moratorium should wait for federal...
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GOP Chooses Corporations Over Renters
Click photo to hear why DFL says GOP is favoring corporations over rentersRenters versus corporations is how Minnesota House Democrats described a bill that phases out a state business property tax at...
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Amy Goodman On Occupy Homes
Click photo to watch interview with Democracy Now's Amy GoodmanAmy Goodman, host of Democracy Now, comments on the Occupy Homes movement, an outgrowth of the Occupy Wall Street movement that has sprung...
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No Short Sale Help From MN House
Click on Photo to Watch MN GOP Vote Down "Short Sale" HelpPeople moving for a new job often find they can’t because they owe more on their home than it is worth. A proposal to force banks to act on...
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Occupy/Union Led Protests Greet Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel In Milwaukee
Click photo to watch protest videosChicago Mayor and former advisor to President Obama Rahm Emanuel was in Milwaukee Wednesday to raise money for Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. He also ended up raising a...
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MN Police Evict, Arrest Occupy Protesters on Easter Eve
Click Photo to see Video About Occupy MN Arrests- Photo provided by Occupy MNMinneapolis police removed Occupy protesters’ tents from downtown Peavey Plaza Saturday night and arrested 12 of the...
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Minneapolis Mayor, Occupy To Discuss Police “Ambush” And Arrests
Click Photo to View Video of Occupy Protestors at City Hall. Occupy Minnesota protesters showed their wounds and vented their anger Monday over what they say was a police “ambush” of a peaceful Easter...
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Occupy Confronts Mayor Over Police “Ambush”, Calls For His Ouster
Click picture to watch video of tense confrontation with Minneapolis Mayor. After a loud persistent demonstration at Minneapolis Mayor R. T. Rybak’s office on April 9, 2012, the mayor agreed to meet...
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Minneapolis City Council Upholds Occupy’s Right to Protest
Click on Photo to View Video of City Council Supporting Occupy MovementBy a 9-4 vote, the Minneapolis City Council voted against a resolution that would have effectively banned Occupy protesters from...
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Disband NATO Says Occupy Chicago’s Philbrook
Click image of Micah Philbrook to hear why NATO should be disbandedNATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance, was formed to fight the cold war. That war is long over and it’s time to disband NATO says...
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Chicago Cop Refuses To Give Badge Number During NATO Protests
Click image to view the videoOne of the few ways citizens can hold police accountable for their actions is to positively identify them by their badge number. During this weekend’s anti-NATO protests in...
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War, Economy, Anti-Corporate Sentiment Drive Chicago Marches
Click image to see and hear what drove marchers to the streets of ChicagoThousands marched in the streets of Chicago on the eve of the NATO summit, but there was more than just anti-war and anti-NATO...
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Target Of Sheriff’s Eviction Raid Calls It An Outrage
Click image to hear David Cruz talk about the raid against his homeDavid Cruz is in the process of renegotiating his mortgage with PNC Bank, so he was surprised when at 4AM Friday members of the...
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Occupy Homes Holds National Day of Action to Support Cruz Family
Click on Photo to View Cruz Family Sendoff RallyBuoyed by a nationwide Occupy Homes movement that has rallied behind them, and upset that PNC Bank has not followed through on its pledge to help save...
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Four-Minute Late Phone Call to Bank Could Cost Anita Her Home
Click on Anita's Picture to See Video.Video by Bill Sorem, Text by Jacob Wheeler Anita Reyes-LeRey’s phone call to the Vice President at Woodlands National Bank, was four minutes late, and as a result,...
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Occupy Homes Protests Erupt in Minneapolis City Hall
Click on the Image of Rachel Lang from the National Lawyers Guild to Watch the Full Video about Occupy ArrestsChants of “Drop the Charges Now!!” filled City Hall Tuesday as Occupy Homes protesters and...
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Occupy-backed Homeowner Wins Renegotiated Mortgage
Click on Photo to Hear North Minneapolis Resident Ruby Brown's Success StoryRuby Brown, a North Minneapolis hairdresser and pillar of her church community, won a renegotiated mortgage from Bank of...
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Community Pressure Can Change Banks’ Mind On Foreclosure And Eviction
Anita in Woodlands Bank. Click on her picture to watch the video If you can’t win in a court of law, try winning in the court of public opinion. That strategy seems to be paying off for an activist...
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Bank President To Meet With Foreclosed Homeowner
Click on picture of Anita to see video of her successful visit to the bank.It’s taken time and a lot of community support, but a Minneapolis woman trying to prevent Woodlands National Bank from...
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Citibank Dual Tracks MN Homeowner Into Foreclosure
“I’m really devastated here, I don’t understand how this can happen,” explained Golden Valley Minnesota homeowner Rose McGee.She’s referring to her California Mission style home on a quiet corner of...
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Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac Challenged In Rhyme
Click book to watch video about the making of "Fannie and Freddie"Can you imagine mortgage providers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac gambling away homes in Las Vegas? Becky Dernbach can, so she wrote a book...
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Kids Book Rhymes The Housing Crisis Bad Guys
Click on picture of Becky reading her book to see the video of the release party. As Becky Dernbach was reading her new book, “Fannie and Freddie” at the book’s release party, Freddie Mac pushed ahead...
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Homeowner Wins Twice Against Freddie Mac
Click on Caylin Crawford's picture to see video of her foreclosure story.The nation’s largest mortgage company may finally be bending to public pressure. A St. Paul homeowner has scored a pair of...
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